Bent inner tire rod

Originally Posted by PersianLegacy

can someone please confirm this...the place i took my car to get the alignment done told me that in this model car the entire rack and pinion needs to be taken out in order for the inner tie rod to be replaced. basically they would have to take the rack and pinion down, and send out to be rebuilt and put everything back together.

I am no master mechanic dude, but that sounds really odd to have to do all that for a part that is normal wear and tear and is bound to bend to be replaced in that way....